Spectacles: Vivid Ghost

Tied up alongside a pier on the
Wilmington river front, the 728-ft. battle ship U.S.S. North Carolina by
day looks like just another battleship saved from the scrap heap to
serve as a war memorial. But at night she comes alive.

In an hourlong adaptation of the son et lumière technique first
developed in France, the North Carolina carries spectators through a
dramatized history of its battle-scarred career, from launching to
war's end. The production involves 58 stereophonic speakers scattered
about the ship and synchronized with 2,000 multicolored lights.